Goods are a resource inFrostpunk 2, and players must maintain a surplus if they want to keep their City’s Crime in check and earn maximum Heatstamps. While it is not extremely difficult to maintain a surplus at low Populations, fans will need to put some effort toward increasing their Goods output as their City’s Population grows. Fortunately, there are several ways to earn more Goods inFrostpunk 2, and this guide is here to detail the options that players can pursue.
Players can get a quick look at their City’s current Goods demand and output by hovering over thepot iconat the top of the screen.
Frostpunk 2: How to Increase Goods Output
Switch Industrial Districts to Goods Production
By default, Industrial Districts produce Prefabs when they are built, and players mustmanually switch them to Goods productionif they want them to create Goods instead. To perform that action, fans ofcity-buildersmust simply select an established Industrial District and then click thepot iconon the left side of the information pane that appears. While players may not want to immediately switch all their established Industrial Districts to Goods production, particularly if they are providing all their Prefabs, at least some need to be dedicated to the task.
Build More Industrial Districts
Building more Industrial Districts is a great way to earn more Goods, as each one that is established will immediately increase Goods output by 25. Again,strategy gamefans must switch their newly-built Industrial Districts to Goods production if they are intended to create that resource.
Expand Industrial Districts
As previously noted, Industrial Districts that are set to Goods production have an initial output of 25 Goods.Frostpunk 2playerscan increase that output to 30 Goods by selecting an Industrial District, clicking the arrows icon at the bottom of the information pane that appears, and expanding the district into three adjacent tiles.
Build Factories in Industrial Districts
Factories are Buildings that players can construct after researching certain nodes in theIdea Tree’s Resources section, and several of them increase Goods output when established in an Industrial District. More specifically, the"Factories"node contains ideas that make it possible to createSalvaging Factories and Mechanical Factories, while the"Goods Factory"node contains ideas that make it possible to createRefurbishing Goods Factories and Calibrated Goods Factories. Building any of those Factories in an Industrial District will increase its Goods output and help maintain a surplus.
To note, the aforementioned Factories will generate Goods even if the Industrial Districts in which they are built are set to Prefab production. This makes it possible for a single Industrial District tocreate Goods and Prefabs simultaneously. To concretize this idea with an example, an Industrial District that is set to Prefab production and has a Calibrated Goods Factory will create 10 Prefabs per week (the Industrial District’s base rate) and 60 Goods (the Calibrated Goods Factory’s output).
While it is important to build Factories, players should know that there are some drawbacks associated with this action. Specifically, Factories increaseHeat demand inFrostpunk 2and increase either Disease or Squalor. Fortunately, there are many ways to combat these city problems.
Increase Production Efficiency
Players can earn additional resources of all types, including Goods, by increasing their Production Efficiency. Here are several ways to raise Production Efficiency, and fans ofpost-apocalyptic gamescan see how it is impacting an Industrial District’s Goods output by selecting the District, hovering over the pot icon under “Total Output” in the information pane that appears, and looking under “Base Modifiers”:
